21/06/2012 - Written Assembly Questions

Published 13/06/2014 | Last Updated 13/06/2014

Written Assembly Questions tabled on 14 June 2012
for answer on 21 June 2012

R - Signifies the Member has declared an interest.
W - Signifies that the question was tabled in Welsh.

(Self identifying Question no. shown in brackets)

To ask the First Minister

Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): Will the First Minister confirm when the decision to move substance misuse from the Department for Local Government and Communities to the Department for Health and Social Services took effect. (WAQ60599)

Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): Was the decision to move substance misuse from the Department for Local Government and Communities to the Department for Health and Social Services approved by the cabinet and if so, on what date and when will the corresponding cabinet paper be made public. (WAQ60600)

Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What reports, assessments, business case or similar documents were prepared in advance of the decision to move substance misuse from the Department for Local Government and Communities to the Department for Health and Social Services. (WAQ60601)

To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science

Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Will the Minister provide a figure for the number of applications for European funding made to WEFO that have received approval during the 2007-13 funding round, to date. (WAQ60606)

Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Will the Minister outline how many officials/individuals from WEFO/the Welsh Government are involved, on average, with processing a WEFO funding application. (WAQ60607)

Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): What has been the usual timescale to date for dealing with an application for funding from WEFO from start to finish during the 2007-13 funding round. (WAQ60608)

Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Will the Minister provide a breakdown of the travel costs of the Deputy Minister’s visit to Luxembourg outlined in answer to WAQ60217. (WAQ60609)

Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Will the Minister provide a breakdown of the number of applications for European funding made to WEFO per year during the 2007-13 funding round, to date. (WAQ60610)

Peter Black (South Wales West): What research has the Minister commissioned into the impact of the financial consequences of long term demographic changes on her portfolio and what work is being undertaken to address this impact. (WAQ60617)

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills

Peter Black (South Wales West): What research has the Minister commissioned into the impact of the financial consequences of long term demographic changes on his portfolio and what work is being undertaken to address this impact. (WAQ60614)

To ask the Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development

To ask the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House

Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): By how much will the Department for Health and Social Services Main Expenditure Group (MEG) increase, and the Department for Local Government and Communities MEG decrease as a result of the decision to move substance misuse from the Department for Local Government and Communities to the Department for Health and Social Services. (WAQ60602)

Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What does the Government expect the proposed cost of the decision to move substance misuse from the Department for Local Government and Communities to the Department for Health and Social Services to be and what funds have been made available to support this. (WAQ60603)

Peter Black (South Wales West): What assessment has the Minister made of the financial sustainability of the Welsh Government’s overall spending programme between now and 2030. (WAQ60611)

To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services

Elin Jones (Ceredigion): How many Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients are there in Wales and what plans are there for establishing a Register of IBD patients in Wales as recommended in the IBD Standards. (WAQ60597)

Elin Jones (Ceredigion): How many hospitals in Wales have at least one Inflammatory Bowel Disease Specialist Nurse and how many of these are full-time. (WAQ60598)

Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): For each spending programme in the Substance Misuse Action in the budget, what was the budgeted and actual expenditure for each of the last three years. (WAQ60604)

Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): Which service providers and other organisations engaged in reducing substance misuse are directly funded by the Welsh Government for the purposes of tackling substance misuse, how much money was allocated to them for each of the last three years and how much will be allocated to them in each of the next three years. (WAQ60605)

To ask the Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage

To ask the Minister for Local Government and Communities

Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What discussions has the Minister had with local authorities regarding the potential for producing a record of proceedings of the Councils' meetings. (WAQ60593)

Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What assessment has the Minister made of the cost to local authorities for producing a full record of proceedings of council meetings. (WAQ60594)

Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What assessment has the Minister made of the cost to local authorities for the video recording of council proceedings. (WAQ60595)

Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What discussions has the Minister had with local authority leaders regarding the video broadcasting of council proceedings. (WAQ60596)